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PEOPLE vs. Godofredo Inguito, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GODOFREDO INGUITO, ET. AL., accused, GODOFREDO A. INGUITO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 53497 | 1982-10-18

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J.:

The Court reverses the trial court's judgment of conviction imposed on accused-appellant Godofredo Inguito and acquits him of the charge of murder considering the extra-judicial confessions obtained through force and intimidation in violation of the accused's constitutional right to remain silent and to counsel are null and void and inadmissible in evidence by constitutional mandate. Without the outlawed extra-judicial confession, the remaining weak circumstantial evidence cannot support the judgment of conviction nor overcome the constitutional presumption of innocence in favor of the accused.

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